Ares 1-X manager provides new insights into test flight

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PARACHUTE FAILURE CAUSES DAMAGE TO ARES 1-X BOOSTER
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Two days after NASA launched a test model of its Ares 1 rocket, the
flight's mission manager confirmed the first stage descended to the
Atlantic Ocean on just one fully functioning parachute, damaging the
booster as it splashed into the Atlantic Ocean harder than expected.

http://spaceflightnow.com/ares1x/091030recovery/

MISSION STATUS CENTER:
http://spaceflightnow.com/ares1x/status.html

VIDEO ARCHIVE:
http://www.spaceflightnowplus.com/index.php?k=ares%201-x&s=date

HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO:
http://spaceflightnowplus.com/hd/ares1x/


HTV CARGO SHIP DEPARTS INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
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Japan's H-2 Transfer Vehicle, loaded with 1,600 pounds of space station
trash, was being pulled from the complex and released to fly away after a
successful maiden mission.

http://spaceflightnow.com/h2b/htv1/status.html


ARIANE 5 HAULS UP ANOTHER DOUBLE PAYLOAD STACK
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For this second time this month, the workhorse Ariane 5 rocket carried out
a double satellite deployment mission just like clockwork on Thursday and
set the stage to break its record for flights in a single year.

http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v192/


SHUTTLE ATLANTIS TARGETING LAUNCH DATE OF NOV. 16
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NASA managers met at the Kennedy Space Center Thursday and tentatively
cleared the shuttle Atlantis for launch Nov. 16 on a three-spacewalk
mission to deliver nearly 15 tons of spare parts and supplies to the
International Space Station.

http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts129/091029frr/

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